gal. rapid sand filters, to the Pittsburg Filter Manufacturing Co., c/o E. W. Bacharach, Western manager, 429 Rialto Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Estimated cost, $11,000. CORNING-The city will soon award the contract for sewer improvement and a disposal plant. Estimated cost, $40.000. Archer & Stevens, 609 New England Bldg.. Kansas City, Mo., engineer. a DEXTER-The city plans to build sewer system and sewage disposal plant involving 1030 cu.yd. filter sand and 82 cu.yd. of filter gravel. H. H. Hough, city clerk. INWOOD-The city will soon award the contract for the construction of a complete sewer system and sewage disposal plant. C. H. Currie. Webster City, engineer. POCAHONTAS - The city will soon award the contract for the construction of a complete sewer system and sewage disposal plant. C. H. Currie, Webster City, engineer. Noted June 1. Kansas BLUE MOUND-The Vinegar Hill Zinc Co., Baxter Springs, plans to install a flotation machine, and is changing entire mill from gas to electric power at its Barr mine here. Is in market for motors and transformers. were reJ. G. Trewartha, superintendent. The Torrance Window Glass Co. plans to rebuild the glass factory, consisting of several frame, galvanized iron and brick buildings which cently destroyed by fire. Estimated cost. $25,000. Connecticut BRIDGEPORT-The Bridgeport Brass Co.. Grand St., soon lets contract for the construction of a 1-story, 150 x 226-ft. addition to its casting shop. Estimated cost. $150 000. The H M. Lane Co., 701 Owen Bldg., Detroit, Mich., engineer. GLENBROOK-C. A. Phillips Chemical Co. has awarded the contract for the construction of a 2-story factory, to Thompson & Brager. 283 Madison Ave., New York City. Estimated cost, $55,000... MYSTIC-The Packer Tar Soap Co., Lincoln Ave., plans to build additions to plant, to include a 1-story storage building, 1story factory and a 25 x 30-ft. power house. Estimated cost. Bilderbeck $40 000 & Langdon, Inc., Barrows Bldg., New London, engineer. WINDSOR LOCKS-C. H. Dexter & Son, Inc. will soon award the contract for the construction of a 5-story, 55 x 100-ft. paper mill addition. Estimated cost. $100 000. Greenwood & Noerr, 847 Main St., Hartford. engineer. Delaware DETROIT-The Detroit Soluble Oil Co., Beard St. and Michigan Central Railroad, has purchased site on Dix Ave. and plans to erect a factory for cutting oil, there. Architect not selected. HIGHLAND PARK (Detroit P. O.)-The Maxwell Motor Co., Oakland Ave., will receive bids until Sept. 7 for the construction of a 1-story, 315 x 557-ft. pressed steel plant at Oakland and Massachusetts Aves. Stamping equipment, consisting of presses, rolls and furnishing tanks, will be installed. Smith. Hinchman & Grylls, Washington Arcade, Detroit, architects. ROYAL OAK (Vinsetta Park Subdivision)-M. L. Brown & Son, engineer, 821 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, will receive bids for furnishing labor and material for complete sewer system and disposal works, to include an 8 x 10-ft. vitrified crock, Imhoff tank, ejector station and sprinkling filter system, for the Vinsetta Land Co. Estimated cost, $25,000. Minnesota ST. PAUL-The St. Paul Welding Co., 173 West 3rd St., is having plans prepareu for the construction of a 2-story, 36 x 75ft. welding shop. Estimated cost, $115.000. M. A. Wright, Pittsburgh Bldg., St. Paul, architect. Missouri HOLDEN-The city has awarded the contract for the construction of a sanitary sewer system and disposal plant, to J. Leavenworth, Kan. Estimated cost, $57,000. LIBERTY-The William Jewell College plans to construct a new college to include a science department. Laboratory equipment will be installed in same. Estimated cost, $200,000. MARYVILLE-The city is receiving bids for the construction of 2 reservoirs, reinforced coagulating plant, etc. Estimated ༩་པ་ $35 000 E. Harper, 2408 East 30th St., Kansas City, engineer. F MARYSVILLE-A. D. Hewett, city clerk, will soon receive bids for the construcuon of a water filtration plant. Estimated cost, $50,000. MILAN-The city has awarded the contract for the constrution of " sanitary sewer, including disposal plant, to J. O'Neil Leave orth, itu. Esmated cost, $29 000. Noted Aug. 15. ST LOUIS-The Mississippi Valley Iron Co., 6500 South Broadway, has awarded the contract for the construction of a 1-story, 29 x 82-ft. engine house, and a 36 x 93-ft. gas producing factory. to the Fruin-Co'non Construction Co., Merchants Laclede Bldg. Estimated cost, $32,000. ST. LOUIS-The Parker Russell Mining & Manufacturing Co., Laclede Gas Bldg., has awarded the contract for the construction of a 2-story, 98 x 129-ft. silica factory, to J C. Sett'e & Co., Pontiac Bldg Estmated cost, $20.000. Noted May 15. Montana SCOBEY-The city council has awarded the contract for the construction of a sewer system, to include manholes, settling tank and sludge beds. to G W. Kemper, Minot, N. Dak. Estimated cost, $49,485. Noted Aug. 15. LIBBY-The Lukens Hazel Mining Co. plans to build a 200-ton concentration plant and to increase power plant and devel 600-hp. system by installing pipe line from Granite Creek to Lukens Hazel Mine. Also plans to install compressor. jigs, tables and flotation machines. Estimated cost. $240,000. Oscar Nordquist, superintendent. New Jersey ALBANY-Charles F. Rattigan, superintendent of prisons, will receive bids Sept. 4 for the construction of a concrete dam, cast iron pipe line and mechanical gravity filter plant at Wingdale Prison, Wingdale, N. Y. BROOKLYN The E. A. Laboratory, Inc.. 80 Broadway, has awarded the contract for the construction of a 2-story. 100 x 100-ft. factory, at Spencer St. and Myrtle Ave., to Barney-Ahlers Construction Co., Esti110 West 40th St. New York City. mated cost. $95.000. B. Driesler, 153 Remsen St., architect. MIDDLETOWN-The Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital Commission received bids Aug. 20 for furnishing all labor and material complete for the construction work of mortuary and laboratory, from Giles Co.. $21.062, Construction and A. E. Stephens Co., Springfield, Mass., $28,800. story, 60 x 100-ft. factory on 3352 Payne Ave., to G. R. Atkin, 9212 Hough Ave. Estimated cost, $10,000. Noted Aug. 15. CLEVELAND - The Enamel Products Co., 341 Eddy Rd., plans to build a 2-story, 180 x 40-ft. addition to factory. Estimated cost, $10,000. CLEVELAND-The Standard Brass & Foundry Co., 990 East 67th St., is receiving bids for the construction of a 2-story, 38 x 59-ft. office building and shop. Estimated cost, $10,000. CLEVELAND-The Ohio Carbon Co., 3620 Lorain Ave., has awarded the contract for the construction of a 1-story, 51 x 100ft. factory on 8219 Almira Ave., to Uhl & Jasper Co., 1900 Euclid Ave. Estimated cost, $15,000. COLUMBUS-The Tinker Roller Bearing Co., Dueber Ave., Canton, has awarded the contract for the construction of a 1story, 282 x 482-ft. factory, at 5th and Cleveland Aves., to D. W. McGrath, New First National Bldg. Estimated cost, $550,000. DOVER-The Tuscora Rubber Co. is receiving bids for the construction of a 3story, 200 x 300-ft. rubber factory here. Estimated cost, $300,000. W. C. Owen Co., 1900 Euclid Ave., architect. Oklahoma COLLINSVILLE-The city plans election Sept. 3 to vote on $40,000 bond issue for the construction of a water purification plantfilters, settling basins, etc. Johnson & Benham, Firestone Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., engineer. ENID-The city voted $500,000 bonds for improving water system, extending sewers and building disposal plant. Black & Veach, Interstate Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., engineer. Noted July 1. IDABEL -The city has awarded the contract for the construction of sanitary sewers and sewage disposal plant, to include 2 Imhoff tanks with contact beds and filters, to the Empire Construction Co., Kansas City, Mo. Estimated cost, $119,800. Noted Aug. 1. SUNNYSIDE (McLeod P. O.)-The West Virginia Mining Co., Baxter Springs, Kan.. plans to construct a mill and is in the market for entire equipment for same. J. Hatton, superintendent. Oregon BEND The Oregon Nitrate Co. plans to CUBA CITY-The Connecting Link Manufacturing Co. plans to erect two jig mills and install machinery assembled last fall in the zinc and lead mine 4 miles northeast of here. Theodore Estimated cost, $24,000. Waech, superintendent. JANESVILLE-The Samson Tractor Co., Division of the General Motors Corporation, 88 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich., is building a plant to include a gray iron foundry, core room, sand storage building and pattern shop, to cover an area of 330 x 530 ft. Estimated cost, $1,000,000. Frank Chase, Inc., 645 North Michigan Ave., Chicago. D KOHLER The Kohler Co., c/o W. J. Kohler, will soon award the contract for the construction of a 4-story, 180 x 260-ft. enamel ware factory, on Elm St. Estimated cost, $40,000. Brust & Phillip, Free Press Bldg., Milwaukee, architect. LINDEN-Piquette & Altenberg, Platteville, plan to erect a mill and install maEstimated chinery in the zinc mine here. cost, $10 000. J. Piquette, superintendent. PESHTIGO-The Peshtigo Pulp & Paper Co., address J. A. Kittle, president, has awarded the contract for the construction of a 1-story, 70 x 242-ft. paper mill on Main St., to the Jorgenson Construction Co., Main Dommark. Estimated cost, $60,000. Noted Aug. 1. SCHULLSBURY-The Local Co. plans to erect a mill and install a gasoline or oil engine and jigs in the zinc and lead mine three miles northwest of here. Estimated cost. $7,000-$8,000. R. F. Fox, superintendent. THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS will hold its Fall meeting in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 22 to 27. THE AMERICAN PEAT SOCIETY will hold its thirteenth annual meeting at Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 22 to 24 inclusive. THE AMERICAN STEEL TREATERS' SOCIETY will hold its first annual convention in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 22 to 27. OF THE FIFTH NATIONAL EXPOSITION CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES will be held in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 22 to 27 inclusive. THE ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION will hold a National Conference on "Our Country First" in Chicago, Sept. 8 and 9. THE INSTITUTE OF METALS DIVISION of the A. I. M. E. will hold its next meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 29 to Oct. 4. THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL will hold its Eighth Annual Safety Congress in Cleveland, Oct. 1 to 4. THE TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY will hold its Fall meeting in Chicago from Sept. 24 to 27. office, Capitol, Madison, will receive bids until Sept. 5 for the construction of 10-in. sewer, 1 sewage disposal plant, consisting of tanks and filters, 262 linear feet of 5 6 ft 6 in. tunnel for the Industrial Home for Women here. Ohio Ĉit. Gas. 511 52 Tex. Pac. Ld. do. pf... develop Stinking Lake and Sheep Mountain Manufacturers' Catalogs Ohio Fuel S. 50 nitrate deposits by installing crystallization evaporation system and crushing plant. Estimated cost, $25,000. J. H. Morgan. Bend, president. to SUMMER LAKE-J. Moore plans erect a 1-story soda ash and potash plant here, capacity 10,000 tons. Estimated cost. $190,000. Pennsylvania THE WELLMAN-SEAVER-MORGAN Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has issued Bull. No. 22, dated June, 1919, which contains charts giving the relations in any shaft between power, shaft diameter, torsional stress and speed. TATE-JONES & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., has published several booklets: Bull. No. 158 deals with fuel oil burners for furnaces; Bull. No. 157 treats of fuel oil burners for boilers; Circular No. 129 describes fuel oil burning equipment for open-hearth furnaces. "Fuel Oil and Its Use" is the title of another new booklet gotten out by this company. THE SPRAY ENGINEERING Co., Boston, Mass., is distributing Bull. 257 on "Spraco Air Washing and Cooling Equipment," which is especially applicable for steam turbine generators. HOLZ & Co., INC., New York City, announces Bull. No. 4 on "A Machine for Determining the Resistance of Metals and Alloys to Abrasion (Wear)," which tests scribes the Universal Type for rolling or sliding surfaces, dry or lubricated, under variable speeds and pressures. Coming Meetings and Events THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY hold a meeting in Chicago, Sept. 24. S... 50 Okla. P. & R. 10 101 Columbia Gas & Electric, 5s, '27. Pan-Am. Pet. & Tr. 1 68, '19-'27. Beth. Steel, 1 ext. gtd. S.F. 5s, '26. 96 97 884 891 THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY will hold its Fall meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 2 to 6 inclusive, THE AMERICAN ELECTROCHEMICAL SoCIETY will hold its Fall meeting in Chicago, Sept. 23 to 25 inclusive. THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY MEN'S ASSOCIATION will hold its 1919 convention in Philadelphia, Sept. 29 to Oct. 4. THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION will hold its annual convention and exhibition of gas appliances and apparatus at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, Oct. 13 to 18. H. C. PARMELEE ELLWOOD HENDRICK ERNEST E. THUM Volume 21 Chicago-Host to CHEMICAL & METALLURGICAL A consolidation of ELECTROCHEMICAL & METALI URGICAL INDUSTRY and IRON & STEEL MAGAZINE Science and Engineering CIT New York, September 15, 1919 ITIES, like individuals, have character. Like individuals, also, they may be born with it, acquire it or have it thrust upon them. Furthermore, they have the blessed privilege of changing their characters if, perchance, they have been unfortunate in their first efforts at character building. Mention any great or prominent city, and instantly, if you are familiar with it, its leading characteristic flashes across your mind. Thus, to us, Chicago typifies Industry, and it is as a great industrial center that we think of her in the last week of this month, when she becomes host to scientists and engineers whose work forms the foundation for many of the industries in her vicinity. We can easily forget her appellation of the Windy City; we can pass by her vaunting "I Will" and substitute therefor a more appropriate "I Do"; and we can even forget such an occasional misfortune as an alleged pro-German mayor; but we cannot wholly obliterate our recollection of the hum of genuine industry that vibrates in her atmosphere, nor forget the mental impression that a tremendous production of the country's needs comes from within her confines or adjacent communities. Chicago typifies Industry. It will tax even a great industrial, not to say industrious city, however, to give adequate attention to a large exposition and five conventions in the same week. We recall no other instance of such a conjunction in the history of scientific and engineering societies, and in some respects we hope that it will not recur in the near future. Good and impressive as it may be, it nevertheless taxes the ability of many who are interested in two or more of the events which are scheduled for simultaneous occurence; and it leaves one with a sense of indigestion, if indeed the prospect of so plenteous a program does not dull the edge of appetite and lessen the pleasure of anticipation. The complete program for the week of September 22 appears elsewhere in this issue. The central figure is the Fith National Exposition of Chemical Industries, in conjunction with which will be held the regular meetings of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers, the American Electrochemical Society, the American Ceramic Society, the Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry, and the American Steel Treaters' Society. The last named society, in addition to its meeting, will hold a special exhibition of heat-treating appliances and heat-treated products at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The Chemical Exposition will be held at the Coliseum and First Regiment Armory, and the meetings of some of the societies WALLACE SAVAGE ALAN G. WIKOFF Assistant Editor L. W. CHAPMAN Western Editor J. S. NEGRU Managing Edito Number will be held there also. Details are given elsewhere in this issue. The four North Central States, of which Chicago is practically the geographical center, are the subject of considerable attention in this issue of CHEMICAL & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING. Already a great industrial region, we believe that it is destined to increase in importance and power, and assume a larger place in the scheme of national economy. Centrally located and having unexcelled rail and waterways, the factors are all present for utilizing in the highest degree the natural resources of the region in the shape of minerals and cheap power. Intelligent labor is plentiful, education is at hand in many forms, the spirit of scientific research is exemplified in State and national laboratories and institutions, and there is plenty of opportunity for professional intercourse among men similarly minded. It is with the purpose of familiarizing our readers with this important region that we publish symposia on the industries and resources of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Those visiting Chicago during the week of September 22 will have an opportunity to make short excursions into the adjacent territory with the scientific and engineering societies, and thus visualize more clearly the conditions which we have tried to portray by word and illustration. American Chemists In Peace Session HE fifty-eighth meeting of the American Chemical Society at Philadelphia may be recorded as a distinguished and important event. Not only were the papers timely, but there were general features which could not remain unobserved by any thoughtful chemist who attended the convention. Of the general features we think the most noteworthy was the spirit of resolution that dominated the meeting. In April at Buffalo many members were still in uniform and had hardly returned to their normal work. Industrial chemists seemed still to be on the springboard, swinging their arms. Now they have jumped in and are swimming. There was no professional boasting. Everybody knows that the waters are deep and the goal distant; but the men are resolute. Another note was the greater sense of the dignity and the public responsibilities of the profession. It is said of Professor TYNDALL that he had a faithful Scotch servant who rapped at his door every morning, uttering aloud the message with an unctious Scotch burr: "Arr-rise, sir! Ar-r-rise! 'Tis 7 o'clock and ye have a g-r-reat wor-r-rk to do this day!" One could almost imagine that the ghost of the old Scotchman had been passing before the doors of American chemists, declaring his message. Too much praise can hardly be accorded to President NICHOLS and his able collaborators among the directors and the advisory committee, and to the Philadelphia and Delaware Sections for the completeness of the arrangements. The value of a man of inspiration at the head is sure to be reflected all along the line, but the earnestness and seriousness of the meeting extended far beyond any single man or group of men. A ringing note, however, was struck by the president in his call to organized labor, in response to the resolutions of the American Federation, to join with the Society in bringing about that quality of use and understanding of science which it demands. It was a hearty and honest call, made with the welfare of all in view. Repeated again and again was the demand that chemsits be men of broad and abundant culture. The reasons given for this are twofold: that in research a trained and active imagination is required, and in industry, it is the chemist who represents to all the men employed the scholastic and philosophical elements of manufacture. Here indeed, as one of the speakers at the banquet emphasized, the man of culture is most needed. Many of the men who work with their hands have not trodden along the delectable paths of life. Many feel that they have not had a fair chance, and many indeed are right; they have been unfortunate in their surroundings. It is here that the chemist who, being proficient in the greatest of the arts, which is the art of living, may function to that betterment of this war-weary and distressed world which is the heart's desire of all good men. The Potentiality of IN A Glucinum Industry N 1902 Mr. J. H. L. VOGT stated in the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, vol. 31, p. 128, that between 0.01 and 0.001 per cent of the entire earth's crust is glucinum. In DANA'S classical "System of Mineralogy" the enumeration of localities where various glucinum minerals are found shows that they comprise a large list; while Bulletin No. 624 of the U. S. Geological Survey, on "Useful Minerals in the United States," shows that we have a relatively large quantity of glucinum minerals in our own country. In addition to this information regarding the occurrence of glucinum and its minerals, we have available many experimental data on the production and on the valuable properties, sui generis, of the metal, its salts and alloys. Under these circumstances one might be led to expect that the glucinum industry is already a fait accompli, whereas in reality as long ago as June 14, 1916, Dr. J. W. RICHARDS stated in a paper read before the American Institute of Chemical Engineers that "dealers in rare chemicals will charge you, at present, $300 per ounce for a specimen of it" (glucinum). And in the Revue de Chimie Industrielle for June, 1919, we observe the prophecy: "A day will come when its [glucinum's] uses will probably increase considerably. It is only a matter of realizing the economic conditions of production and price." These facts will prove of interest to those who have at heart the potentialities of new industries. Elsewhere in this issue we publish an extensive compendium of our chemical and metallurgical knowledge of the metal, covering the subject from the time of the element's discovery up to a very recent date. We hope and believe that it will stimulate interest in the subject and contribute in some degree to the establishment of a glucinum industry in this country. The Fallacy of Class Distinctions in Chemistry 4 Chemical Society it was recorded that "In order N A notice issued some time since by the New Jersey to promote contact of the industrial chemists with teachers of chemistry in the State of New Jersey, the committee on membership announced that those engaged in educational work, both collegiate and preparatory, would be welcome to membership in the Society." We are glad to learn it. And if it indicates that the founders thought to make the Society a body of technical chemists exclusively, it is evident that they have resolved to correct the error. We have been very fortunate in this country in keeping men engaged in pure and applied chemistry within the same organizations. The only difference between the two pursuits, as has often been repeated, is that in pure science one selects his own problem and takes his own time over it, while in applied science his problem is given to him and his time is limited. There is no room for snobbery in either division. Let us imagine a man engaged in pure research who scorns industry as a dancing master scorns rubber boots and who declares himself to have "no interest in anything that is useful"; let us imagine him as soaking in soothing unreasonableness and ignorance of industry and its hot struggles that kill the weak and exalt the strong. How he behaves is a matter of taste, but so long as his work is important he cannot keep his work from counting in industry. We declare that it is impossible to keep industry away from pure science, provided always industry follows research as it should. Of late we have found the demand growing urgent in properly conducted industrial research laboratories for advanced physical chemists. The time saved and the unnecessary experiments that are avoided by profound scholarship are no less than amazing. It is right here that the chemical philosophy of such savants as THEODORE W. RICHARDS, JULIUS STIEGLITZ and other great teachers comes into play. Abstract studies into the nature of chemical reactions have blazed the trail for many an industrial advance. No man who takes a forward step along the ways of pure science can keep enlightened industry out of his tracks. Such a pioneer does not need a factory number. As for snobbery on the other side-the belief that because industrial chemists who have passed the stage of hack work are different in any particulars of merit from those who teach because they are better paid-it is absurd. The capacity for administration is an endowment rather than an art to be acquired; and so is teaching. So, too, is the capacity for research. They are gifts, like red hair, and some few of us have the first of these blessings, a few have the second and a few enjoy the third. The vast majority of mankind are better off at other tasks than any of the three mentioned. But the work of each is needed, and all function best when they are in association and live in comity. We have seen good time wasted in teaching students of chemical engineering how to operate simple apparatus which they might have learned from a skilled |